Joy is an intense feeling of surprise and delight that’s often fleeting. It needs us to be fully present in order to experience it. Joy can be found in small things and in the present moment, and can help us to relax and drop negative emotions.

Three prompts

1. What brings you joy?
2. How often do you experience it?
3. What would happen if you navigated by joy?

Resources

• Seligman’s PERMA+ Model Explained: A Theory of Wellbeing
• Barbara Fredrickson, 10 positive emotions
• You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them - TEDx Lisa Feldman Barrett
• How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett
• Finding Your Own North Star: How to claim the life you were meant to live, by Martha Beck
• [Neuroception: A Subconscious System for Detecting Threats and Safety](https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ938225#:~:text=The term "Neuroception" describes how,a stranger as an assault.)
• Positive Psychology - FREE Coursera course, Dr Barbara Fredrickson
• A Still Life, by Josie George
• Barbara Fredrickson: Positive Emotions Open Our Mind - video
• Sean Stephenson, “When life works” list - video
• “Do You “Numb” Yourself with TV, Internet, Work, Food?” Gretchen Rubin on Brene Brown and numbing
• Dr. Brene Brown: Joy Is 'The Most Terrifying, Difficult Emotion' video - “foreboding joy”
• Sam Ryder (singer)
• What Is Flow in Positive Psychology? (Incl. 10+ Activities)
• Warning, by Jenny Joseph
• Anya Pearse, Intuitive advisor and her An Hour of Kindness

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